SMHA PROGRESSIVE DISCIPLINE POLICY

Rationale:
Current Hockey Saskatchewan Discipline Regulations provide players with a clean slate with each new season in terms of accumulations of infractions and incidents that lead to suspensions. For nearly all players, this works well. Some players, however, show a pattern of discipline issues in consecutive seasons that SMHA wishes to discourage. 

• Progressive discipline may be applied during a player's tenure within a specific age division. 
  
  
• For example:
  • A player's infractions** in season one of U18 are taken into account for season two of U18 and infractions from seasons one and two are taken into account for season three of U18. 
  • In this example, a player's history in U15 would not follow them into U18.
  • ** Applicable infractions that will be considered from previous seasons:
    - Major and Match penalties
    - 11.2 Game Misconducts and Gross Misconducts
    - 11.4 Maltreatment Gross Misconducts
    
    
• At the discretion of the SMHA Discipline Committee, supplemental discipline may be added to a player’s suspension based on the discipline history of the player from the previous season(s).
  If issued, the additional supplemental discipline will be on top of the main SMHA / Hockey Saskatchewan suspension guidelines and accumulation guidelines.
  
  Approved by SMHA Board of Directors April 28, 2025